Influence of songs on middle basic learners’ retention level in Ilorin West L.G.A
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2022
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Ibadan Journal of Child Development and Educational Foundations
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Song is a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing,especiallyone in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad. Songs are usually short piece of music with words or lyrics. Songs have a positive influence on vocabulary retention of young learners.It gives students a chance to reduce the information into parts yet work with it as a whole. Against this background, this study investigated the influence of songs on middle basic learners'retentionlevel in Ilorin west local government area, Kwara state. The population for this study consisted of all the middle basic school pupils in Kwara State.The target population comprised all the middle basic pupils in Ilorin west Local Government Area of Kwara state, Nigeria. Simple random sampling technique was used to select two hundred and fifty (250) pupils as the respondents of the study. The research instrument for the study was a researcher-designed questionnaire (ISMBLRL). Findings of the study revealed that songs as teaching technique have positive influence on the retention level of the one hundred and fifty pupils.Also, gender and age of the pupils tend to pose significant difference in the influence of songs on the retention level of the pupils. Conclusively,songs have positive influence on the retention level of the pupils if it is used appropriately. Also,the gender and age ofthe pupils have significant difference in the influence ofsongs on the retention level of the pupils. Recommendations were raised that teachers should make use of songs as teaching techniques; parents should support teachers'efforts towards enhancing the retention level of the pupils through songs;government should provide enabling environment where the techniques could be effectively and efficiently utilizedby the teachers.
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Songs, Basic Learners, Retention Level
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Ola-Alani E. K. (2022)